page_title: Xanten Horse-Phalerae
hierarchical_section_title: Xanten Horse-Phalerae
caption_attribution_description: English: Roman silvered-bronze horse trappings from Xanten in the British Museum
context_page_description: The Xanten Horse-Phalerae is the name of a set of Roman silvered bronze horse-trappings found in Xanten, Germany. The set is now in the British Museum's Greek and Roman antiquities collection.
  One of the decorations bears an inscription meaning "while Pliny was prefect of cavalry". This provides an important link to the famous Roman historian Pliny the Elder, who later witnessed the destruction of Pompeii.
context_section_description: The Xanten Horse-Phalerae is the name of a set of Roman silvered bronze horse-trappings found in Xanten, Germany. The set is now in the British Museum's Greek and Roman antiquities collection.
  One of the decorations bears an inscription meaning "while Pliny was prefect of cavalry". This provides an important link to the famous Roman historian Pliny the Elder, who later witnessed the destruction of Pompeii.
caption: Horse-Trappings from Xanten as displayed in the British Museum
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